Classification

It will depend on the epilepsy’s cause and type. This is an abbreviation of the epilepsy classification in which some of the most common types are discussed. A full explanation of each type will be included in following chapters.

Idiopathic generalized: cause unknown + generalized seizures 
• Benign Neonatal familial convulsions
• Benign Neonatal convulsions
• Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy of infancy
• Childhood Absence epilepsy (“Petit mal epilepsy”)
• Juvenile Absence epilepsy (“Petit mal epilepsy”)
• Juvenile Myoclonic epilepsy

Idiopathic partial: cause unknown + partial seizures 
• Benign rolandic epilepsy
• Benign occipital epilepsy

Symptomatic generalized: cause known + generalized seizures 
• Infantile spasms (West syndrome)
• Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy
• Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy
• Dravet’s syndrome

Symptomatic partial: cause known + partial seizures 
• Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
• Frontal Lobe epilepsy
• Parietal Lobe Epilepsy
• Occipital Lobe epilepsy

Special types of epilepsy
• Neonatal seizures
• Landau-Kleffner syndrome
• ESES (electrical status epilepticus during sleep)
• Reflex epilepsy
• Photosensitive epilepsy


For the International Classification of Epilepsy (click HERE)